5) Get into a high plank/push-up position, ensuring your wrists are aligned below your shoulders and the abdominal muscles are engaged. Your body must be in a straight line, without the butt curving over or hips drooping under. If getting to this position is already challenging, you can inch your hands back and return to the starting position. Do as many as you can, in the speed that is comfortable for your level of fitness.
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1) Begin in a standing position, with feet shoulder- or hip-width apart. — Photos: REVATHI MURUGAPPAN/The Star
1) Begin in a standing position, with feet shoulder- or hip-width apart. — REVATHI MURUGAPPAN/The Star
2) Bend your knees, tuck your chin and start bending over, beginning with the head.
2) Bend your knees, tuck your chin and start bending over, beginning with the head. — REVATHI MURUGAPPAN/The Star
3) If you need to, bend your knees more to touch the floor.
3) If you need to, bend your knees more to touch the floor. — REVATHI MURUGAPPAN/The Star
4) Slowly inch your hands forward.
4) Slowly inch your hands forward. — REVATHI MURUGAPPAN/The Star
5) Get into a high plank/push-up position, ensuring your wrists are aligned below your shoulders and the abdominal muscles are engaged. Your body must be in a straight line, without the butt curving over or hips drooping under. If getting to this position is already challenging, you can inch your hands back and return to the starting position. Do as many as you can, in the speed that is comfortable for your level of fitness.
5) Get into a high plank/push-up position, ensuring your wrists are aligned below your shoulders and the abdominal muscles are engaged. Your body must be in a straight line, without the butt curving over or hips drooping under. If getting to this position is already challenging, you can inch your hands back and return to the starting position. Do as many as you can, in the speed that is comfortable for your level of fitness. — REVATHI MURUGAPPAN/The Star
6) If you're up for a challenge, take the exercise up a notch by swinging your left foot forward and placing it outside your left hand. Then return to the high plank position and switch legs. Inch your way back to standing position. That's one repetition.
6) If you're up for a challenge, take the exercise up a notch by swinging your left foot forward and placing it outside your left hand. Then return to the high plank position and switch legs. Inch your way back to standing position. That's one repetition. — REVATHI MURUGAPPAN/The Star
